Aims and scope

RAIRO-Operations Research is an international journal devoted to high-level pure and
applied research on all aspects of operations research.
All papers published in RAIRO-Operations Research are critically refereed according to international standards.
Any paper
will either be accepted (possibly with minor revisions) either submitted to another evaluation
(after a major revision) or rejected. Every effort will be made by the Editorial Board to ensure
a first answer concerning a submitted paper within three months, and a final decision in a period of time not exceeding six months.

state-of-the art surveys that provide a synthesis and comprehensive review of one particular area of interest.

Apart from regular issues, RAIRO-Operations Research publishes special issues which focus
on an Operations Research topic of current interest or which are devoted to a selection of
conference papers. The papers of these special issues will be subjected to the same rigorous
refereeing process as regular submissions.

The scope of RAIRO-Operations Research is suggested by the following alphabetical list of
keywords: